Djembe Night

Along with Mr. Anchovy, I attended a djembe drumming class last night. Djembes are African rhythm drums, hand chiseled from wood and afixed with a goat skin. It was quite fun and interesting to learn how to position the drum and my hands to make the optimum three sounds. A slap, tone and bass. Our group of 12 (accompanied by 2 on bass drums) were shown several patterns. It was not so easy at all, several times I lost the pattern. Fortuntely It was not so difficult to pick it up again. The social mood was very jovial with people having a good time practising their chops. I plan to take a few more lessons, maybe even buy a djembe for home and school!